by Mary Dorothy George
From the disease infected rookeries and teeming vice-ridden streets to the sweatshops, coffee houses and spacious parks, George's recreation of a capital city in a dirty, brutal--but also elegant--age has never been surpassed. Both a social history and an impeccably documented reference work, her book chronicles the change in social attitudes between 1700 and 1800, which left London cleaner, healthier and more ordered.
ISBN: 9780897331470
Published: 1984-01-01
Publisher: Academy Chicago Publishers, Limited